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Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$627,210
Total Entries
414
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
141
Players Left
31
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Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
David Mallet, from the hijack, called an open raise to 1,600 from the player on his direct right.
The opponent bet 2,200 on the 
flop, and Mallet raised to 4,400, getting a call. Both players then checked the 
turn.
The middle position player checked again on the 
river, Mallet bet 7,000, and got the fold.
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Marty Wong bet 5,500 from the big blind blind on a flop, and an opponent in middle position called.
Wong checked the 
turn, the opponent bet 8,500, and Wong reraised all in for his remaining 26,000. The middle position player went into the tank for a bit, then folded.
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Robert Ross opened in early position, and Eric Wong called on his direct left.
Ross continuation bet for 6,500 on the 
flop, and Wong made the call. Both players then checked on the turn.
The 
came in on the river, Ross bet 11,500, and Wong went deep into the tank. After several minutes Wong folded, and Ross showed 
as he raked in the pot.
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Brett Murray has made his way into the field, and he'll be trying to add to his legacy as quite possibly the most prolific player in the history of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event.
Murray won the Main Event in the September 2018 WSOPC Thunder Valley stop, taking home his career best cash of $151,145 in the process. Murray came on top of the field of 454 entries.
Murray almost made it back-to-back Main Event championships when the WSOPC rolled through the Thunder Valley Poker Room for another stop in January 2019. That tournament saw Murray come up just short in the Main Event, finishing second among 608 entries and pocketing $119,644.
Dan Ross from Hold'em Radio tells PokerNews that Murray is No. 1 on the all-time earning list at Thunder Valley, and that figure also includes at least five other five-figure cashes in events at the Thunder Valley Poker Room
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 7
: 300/500, 500 ante
Alex Condon raised to 1,200 in early position, and Thu Tran three-bet to 4,200 in the big blind.
Condon called, bringing the 
flop. Tran bet 3,500, and Condon called.Tran continued to barrel on the 
turn, betting another 5,500. That turn bet prompted a fold from Condon.
Level 7
: 300/500, 500 ante
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Thunder Valley to live report action from both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller, but those are just a couple of the dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
One such tournament was Event #2: $400 NLH Re-Entry, which attracted 1,166 runners over five flights and generated a $384,780 prize pool.
In the end, it was part-time poker pro Nick Shkolnik coming out on top to win the title, $63,335 in prize money, and his first gold ring.
“It feels good. It means that I’m doing something right in poker tournaments, that I can compete with a lot of players,” said Shkolnik, who was fresh off finishing 20th in the 2019 WSOP $1,111 Little One for One Drop for $23,825.
“I was just playing my game,” he said of his run to victory. “I have experience being at final tables.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Shkolnik | Sun Valley, California | $63,335 |
| 2 | Teng Vang | Sacramento, California | $39,136 |
| 3 | Nicholaus Wooderson | Vacaville, California | $29,580 |
| 4 | Quy Dao | San Jose, California | $22,550 |
| 5 | Angelo Kratsas | San Francisco, California | $17,340 |
| 6 | Khanh Tran | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | $13,451 |
| 7 | Dan Stir | Sacramento, California | $10,527 |
| 8 | Joshua Steiner | Chevy Chase, Maryland | $8,312 |
| 9 | Jerome Williams | Lodi, California | $6,623 |
